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that they may be sanctified through the truth. They should be partakers
of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust. Nothing less than the power of God will make and
keep you right. You are to offer to God nothing less than your best.
You should do better and better work as you put in practice what you
learn.—
The Review and Herald, May 20, 1890
.
A Means of Education—I have had special light in regard to the
canvassing work, and the impression and burden does not leave me.
This work is a means of education. It is an excellent school for those
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who are qualifying themselves to enter the ministry. Those who take
up this work as they should place themselves where they learn of
Christ and follow His example. Angels are commissioned to go forth
with those who take up this work in true humility.—
Manuscript 26,
1901
.
The very best education young men can obtain is by entering the
canvassing field and working from house to house. In this work they
will find opportunity to speak the words of life. Thus they will sow
the seeds of truth. Let young men show that they have resting on them
a burden from the Lord. The only way for them to prove that they can
stand firm in God, having on the whole armor, is by doing faithfully
the work God has given them to do.—
Manuscript 75, 1900
.
True “Higher Education”—We must not discourage our
brethren, weakening their hands so that the work which God desires
to accomplish through them shall not be done. Let not too much time
be occupied in fitting up men to do missionary work. Instruction is
necessary, but let all remember that Christ is the Great Teacher and the
Source of all true wisdom. Let young and old consecrate themselves
to God, take up the work, and go forward, laboring in humility under
the control of the Holy Spirit. Let those who have been in school
go out into the field and put to a practical use the knowledge they
have gained. If canvassers will do this, using the ability which God
has given them, seeking counsel from Him, and combining the work
of selling books with personal labor for the people, their talents will
increase by exercise, and they will learn many practical lessons which
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they could not possibly learn in school. The education obtained in this
practical way may properly be termed higher education.—
Testimonies
for the Church 6:330, 331
(1900).